Kashmir’s famed hand-knotted carpet, with its intricate and colourful floral patterns, adorned a special cover of the Indian Postal Service this week.  The inclusion of Kashmir’s hand-knotted carpet as a postal cover will help educate people about Geographical Indication (GI)tagging and reach a wide audience, upscale the dwindling trade, and restore its lost glory. Image […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Freedom Fighters Division) is the implementing agency. It is a Central Scheme for the grant of pension to freedom fighters and their families from the Central Revenues. The Scheme provides for the grant of pension to living freedom fighters and their families – if they are no longer alive, and […]

Pakistan has decided to allow fully vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur with strict COVID-19 protocols. Kartarpur Corridor It connects the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara in Narowal district of Pakistan with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab province. The corridor was built to commemorate 550th birth anniversary celebrations […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1 &6    Afghan Sikhs, Hindus among 392 airlifted from Kabul   In Afghan collapse, the fall of international relations   (IR) Need to know about Afghanistan Crisis, Implications of American withdrawal from Afghanistan, issues linked to it for the world […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1 Oil palm mission: Govt cleared despite red flags by top forestry institute (Economy) What is the Oil Palm Mission? Which areas have been marked for the Oil Revolution? What will be its impact on Economy, Environment and Society? What are the […]

In News According to a new ISRO atlas, around 29.7 per cent of India’s land is degraded. Key Findings of Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India: Land Degradation:  Some 97.85 million hectares (MHA) of India’s total geographical area (TGA) of 328.72 MHA underwent land degradation during 2018-19. Land degradation within dryland regions (arid, semi-arid […]

In News Recently, China has passed a data protection law, which will take effect on November 1.    Major Highlights of China’s New Data Privacy Laws and its impacts   Tougher rules on data collection:  The new data protection law sets out tougher rules on how companies collect and handle their users’ information.  It requires […]

In News: Recently, the Prime Minister of India launched new projects at Somnath Temple highlighting the history of its plunder and reconstruction time and again. He was making a reference to the Taliban and reminded the world that the reign of terror is always temporary and cannot be permanent. Projects Inaugurated  Somnath Promenade,  Somnath Exhibition […]

In News Recently, China’s legislature formally amended the country’s Population and Family Planning Law to allow couples to have 3 children. About Now, Couples in China, would for the first time be allowed to have a third child in relaxation of family planning rules. China also announced a number of policy measures aimed at boosting […]

In News  Recently, Bihar has performed the best in providing rural tap water connections under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)  Major Points  In two years, the percentage of Bihar rural households with tap water connections has gone up to 86.96% — taking it surging to among the top-four states.  The states faring better than […]